U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Shank, Jacob (1815-1908) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 469 Jacob Shank was born May 15, 1815, near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, son of John and Elizabeth (Johnson) Shank, and grandson of Christian Shank, who came from Germany when fourteen years old, his father and mother dying on the sea during the voyage over. On November 15, 1849, the subject of this sketch was married to Susanna, daughter of John and Margaret (Arbogast) Gall. Children, John W., Margaret Jane, Sarah E., Virginia E. and Rosa L. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and resides three miles west of Philippi. He is the only survivor of the Mexican War now residing in Barbour County. Christian Shank, his grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier, and drew a pension many years. The subject of this sketch was three years a merchant, and eighteen years a tanner in Philippi. When the Federal army under McClellan reached Philippi, the soldiers destroyed $1000 worth of Mr. Shank's property, burning his tanbark and carrying his leather away. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Register, Barbour County, WV # (year 1908, Page 206, Line Numbered 20 FULL-NAME: Jacob Shank DEATH-DATE: May 25, 1908 at age 93-yrs & 10-days DEATH-PLACE: near Philippi MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Infermities of age, Senility wife of Jacob Shank From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #2704 FULL-NAME: Susan Shank BIRTH-DATE: September 22, 1827 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 18, 1925 DEATH-PLACE: RFD, Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Wid. FATHER: John Gall (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Margrat Arbogass (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old Age INFORMANT: John Shank of Philippi RFD ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------